Apiomerus nitidicollis Stål, 1872

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Husemann, Martin, 2023, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Peru, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 49 (2), pp. 395-412 : 399

Apiomerus nitidicollis Stål, 1872

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Material examined. Apiomerus nitidicollis . 1 female: PERU, Loreto, Picuroyacu , I-1988 [ MNRJ] .

Apiomerus nitidicollis was described based on specimens from northern Brazil ( Stål 1872). This species was further recorded from Suriname ( Costa Lima et al. 1951), Colombia ( Gil-Santana et al. 2003) and French Guiana (Gil-Santana 2022). Based on the color of the coria of hemelytra of A. nitidicollis, Stål (1872) named two varieties of it: “var. nigripennis ”, with the hemelytra completely black and “var. discopterus ”, with the central portion of the coria golden yellowish. The middle and hind legs and the abdomen were described as mostly yellowish and reddish respectively by Stål (1872) and Walker (1873), denoting color or tone variations of the species. The female examined here agrees well with the descriptions and diagnosis of A. nitidicollis , belonging to the variety with the hemelytra blackish. The femora and connexivum are mostly reddish, while the tibiae are yellowish.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru (new record), Suriname.

Figures

Figures 3-8. Apiomerus species from Peru, dorsal view. Scales: 5.0 mm. 3-5. Apiomerus elegans Distant, 1903. 3, 5. Males. 4. Female. 6-7. Apiomerus lituratus Stål, 1872, male. 7. Pronotum and hemelytra, the white arrows point to the pale sublateral margins of the hind lobe, and the yellow arrows to the small linear markings at the apex of the corium. 8. Apiomerus nitidicollis Stål, 1872, female. / Especies de Apiomerus de Perú, vista dorsal. Escalas: 5,0 mm. 3-5. Apiomerus elegans Distant, 1903. 3, 5. Machos. 4. Hembra. 6-7. Apiomerus lituratus Stål, 1872, macho. 7. Pronoto y hemiélitros, las flechas blancas apuntan a los márgenes sublaterales pálidos del lóbulo posterior y las flechas amarillas a las pequeñas marcas lineales en el vértice del corium 8. Apiomerus nitidicollis Stål, 1872, hembra.